Groundwater loss is sinking U.S. cities, threatening infrastructure in densely built areas. A recent study examining the 28 most populous cities in the United States has found that every one of them ...

Karl-Anthony Towns, the Knicks’ latest marquee signing, is facing internal criticism following yet another playoff exit at ...

If one side is sinking and the other doesn’t, this will weaken the building and put people in danger. Less than one percent ...

Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns ...

Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez was scratched from Thursday night’s series opener against the Houston Astros. The team didn’t given a reason for him being taken out of the ...

As Southeast Texas heats up ahead of summer, so have some campuses in Houston ISD. After multiple HISD schools experienced air-conditioning issues on Monday – when Heights High School dismissed ...

Houston ISD schools in Fifth Ward and the Heights experienced air conditioning issues Tuesday. Harvard Elementary School in the Heights had air conditioning issues in the morning and relocated ...

Detroit residents wouldn't have noticed the sinking, but according to new research of America's largest urban centers, it's ...

Cities along the coast, which are often built on soft soil or marshland like Houston, can be particularly vulnerable. But the research paper also looked at inland cities facing similar sinking ...

"Land subsidence is a global problem now," says Dr. Shuhab Khan, an Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Professor at the University of Houston. He says 200 major cities around the world are sinking ...

Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could destabilize buildings or worsen flooding ...